So I'm done reading One Thousand Gifts and I loved it. A real eye opener and I've really been trying to see the joy in everything and give thanks for everything. It's a little hard. I smiled and said thank you when I wanted to scream when my son was whining about a toy that he wanted in Target. I've tried to notice the small things that I didn't want to take for granted. I'm having a hard time this morning though and I'm questioning myself thinking I don't have this one thousand gifts down like I thought I did. Or that I don't understand it. Maybe it's one of those things that can be interpreted many ways and it just depends on your personality and how you perceive it.
As I'm sitting here thinking about it, a light bulb just went off and correct me here if I'm wrong. In the book Ann talks about several tragedies that have occurred. That is what I was having trouble wrapping my head around. How do I give thanks for my best friend and her husband separating? How do I find joy and give thanks in that moment? Maybe it's not about giving thanks for the bad but giving thanks THROUGH the bad! That was probably in Ann's book and for some reason I didn't get it until just now.
Thank you Lord for your mercies that are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness!
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